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The
Iowa Supreme Court issued an order Friday, Aug. 1, setting the time and
location of the public hearing on the issues of diploma privilege and adoption
of the Uniform Bar Examination. The two are among the four recommendations the
ISBA’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Legal Education and Licensure presented to the
court last winter following unanimous approval by the ISBA Board of Governors
at its December quarterly meeting.

The
public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, in the supreme court
courtroom on the fourth floor of the judicial branch building. The judicial
branch building is located at 1111 East Court Avenue in Des Moines.

The
complete order, which includes a list of those scheduled to speak, can be found here. Subsequent to the
Aug. 1 order, the court issued a follow-up order on Aug. 5 adding Marianne Culhane,
dean of the Creighton University School of Law, as a speaker.

The
committee’s full report, as well as numerous other pieces of information about
the committee’s recommendations, can be found on the front page of the ISBA
website www.iowabar.org. Clickhere to go directly to
some of the letters sent to the supreme court regarding the committee’s
recommendations during the public comment period that began May 13.